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A few questions to ponder as we depart 2014 for 2015:
Will the UConn men's basketball team take momentum and mojo into March, when the Huskies would be defending their title?
Have UConn women's basketball fans made hotel reservations in and around...

MINNEAPOLIS -- J.P. Parise, a Minnesota North Stars standout who also played for Canada in a landmark series against the Soviet Union in 1972, has died of lung cancer. He was 73.
Parise died Wednesday night at his home in suburban Prior Lake, the Parise...

HARTFORD — Yann Danis was home in Virginia, monitoring the rosters of American Hockey League teams and waiting for an opportunity.
Danis, 33, was released by the Norfolk Admirals from a professional tryout deal Dec. 18. As a veteran of 10...

Enforcers are becoming a very rare breed in the NHL these days, and one of the most notable from the last decade has decided to call it a career.
George Parros announced his retirement Friday, capping a nine-season career that started with the Kings and...

— On paper, the Panthers should have one of the best shootout teams in the NHL. On the ice, they've been one of the worst.
Before the season began, General Manager Dale Tallon, a longtime proponent for 3-on-3 overtimes to help do away with...

Panthers rookie defenseman Aaron Ekblad wasn't born when newly signed Blues goalie Martin Brodeur was a rookie for the New Jersey Devils in 1991.
So when Brodeur was no longer wanted by the Devils this summer, Ekblad never thought he'd get the chance to...

PHILADELPHIA — Hockey bills itself as the fastest sport around, and that probably includes changes in players' roles, too.
Just a year ago, Mark Streit was a brand new addition to the Flyers. A seasoned veteran in his mid-30s, Streit still had a...

On a night the fans acknowledged original Panthers president Bill Torrey when he was shown on the overhead scoreboard, it seemed fitting that the resurgent Islanders on the ice resembled the teams he built into a Stanley Cup dynasty in the 1980s....

The biggest sports upset of the year? We'll go with Giancarlo Stanton's signing a record-setting contract with the Miami Marlins, which could happen soon. The sides are reportedly close to a deal that will exceed $300 million, and the usually stingy...

It won't be as emotional of a homecoming as it was when Panthers forward Shawn Thornton returned to the TD Garden recently after playing seven seasons for the Bruins, including their Stanley Cup title run in 2011.
But when Thornton steps on the ice at...